Colorado House of Representatives

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The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Colorado General Assembly, responsible for creating state laws and representing Coloradans through elected district-based legislators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
budgetBillsOriginateIn Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
buildingStyleOfMeetingPlace Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
canIntroduce bills ⓘ
resolutions ⓘ
committeeType joint committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdAfterEvent Colorado statehood ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
employs legislative staff ⓘ
foundationDate 1876 ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of the State of Colorado ⓘ
Rules of the Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasMottoOnChamberWall Nil sine numine ⓘ
linked to: Nil Sine Numine
hasNumberOfMembers 65 ⓘ
hasOfficer Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
hasTermLimits yes ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Colorado Senate ⓘ
isLowerHouseOf Colorado General Assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Colorado
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeChamber lower house ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Denver, Colorado ⓘ
mainFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch of Colorado ⓘ
representation of constituents ⓘ
state budget approval ⓘ
meetsIn Colorado State Capitol ⓘ
membersElectedBy popular vote ⓘ
numberOfLegislativeSessionsPerTerm 1 regular session per year ⓘ
oversees Colorado state agencies through hearings ⓘ
partOf Colorado General Assembly ⓘ
passes state statutes of Colorado ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House ⓘ
redistrictingBody Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions ⓘ
requiresForBillPassage simple majority of members elected ⓘ
sessionLengthLimit 120 days per year ⓘ
sessionStartTypical January ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
termLimitsDetail 4 consecutive terms (8 years) in the House ⓘ
votingEligibility registered voters in Colorado House districts ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://leg.colorado.gov/house-representatives ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado General Assembly → hasPart → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Colorado General Assembly → legislativeChamber → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Colorado State Capitol → occupant → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Tom Tancredo → servedIn → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Colorado House of Representatives → budgetBillsOriginateIn → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Colorado Constitution → createsBody → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: Colorado state constitution
Colorado State Senate → hasLowerHouse → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Colorado State Senate → sharesLegislativePowerWith → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Colorado State Senate → coequalBranchWith → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of Colorado → lowerHouse → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Elias M. Ammons → legislativeBody → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ
Territorial Legislature of Colorado → hasPart → House of Representatives of the Territory of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Colorado House of Representatives
Alva Adams → legislativeBody → Colorado House of Representatives ⓘ